Listening Chair

[Priaptor]

The Peel comes in a version without a headrest. It looks perfect.

 

While I don't want leather, it's footprint is tiny so it is irrelvant. Seat height is just about perfect.

 

[Paul R]

You know the peice that goes across the back on the floor? I see you got the little inserts in correctly, facing down on the floor so they are invisible.

 

Two of ours are quite visible. No pictures!

 

-Paul

 

 

[Joebah]

I listen at my desk, mostly.

 

[4est]

Wow! I love that chair, and there is one w/o the headrest. I have always intended to purchase an Eames, but didn't like the headrest...

 

Thanks DigiPete!

 

[Priaptor]

the one without the headrest doesn't angle and it swivels.

 

If you can live with that.

 

IF they made the headrest one without the headrest it would be perfect, at least as far as I am concern.

 

They said the headrest is not removable otherwise I would have ordered one.

 

[illuminetics]

http://funkysofa.com/shoe-chair.html

 

Resonant frequency is < body organ freq of 7 Hz - very important when selecting an appropriate listening support system (LSS).

 

[4est]

I do not mind the swivel, but I need the angle!

 

You are correct in that the headrests make it a non starter...

 

Thanks Priaptor!

 

[DigiPete]

The Peel differs from a usual recliner in that it offers many different sitting positions.

You really have to climb around on one to fully understand.

This is a much healthier way to sit for extend time.

 

The Peel has to swirvel, as some of the way you can sit is across.

 

The peel can be ordered in many different fabrics as well as leathers.

The cover can be removed for cleaning as well as replacement.

 

The headrest is adjustable in height, but I am nut sure if it is removable.

 

I can go have a look if you are really interested.

 

[Priaptor]

removable, I would buy it in a second.

 

My understanding is the one with the headrest, at least what the distributor said, reclines slightly back and forth but does not swivel, whereas the one without the headrest does swivel.

 

Thanks.

 

[4est]

No rush, but if you are around one and think of it, please post about it!

 

[Priaptor]

http://www.force-dynamics.com/

 

For what I don't know but it looks cool.

 

[catastrofe]

I use this chair from the Relax The Back store. However, the high back does interfere with imaging and overall sound quality compared to a low back chair. I found that using a small lumbar pillow helps, as I'm not leaning my head against the back of the chair.

 

 

 

 

 

[lmab]

I love this chair. It reclines, but I usually sit upright.

 

[wgscott]

It is a particular seat within our L-shaped sofa.

 

My main problem is I am pretty much incapable of sitting still in one place for more than 10 or 15 minutes.

 

[Brian A]

My listening chair is my oldest audio component. According to the stamp under the arm, it was made in October 1932. I bought it at a consignment store. Our house configuration (and wifie) dictates that I have a chair that I can move from the prime listening position when I am not sitting in it. It is quite comfie.

 

 

 

 

[Priaptor]

made by the same company as the Peel.

 

http://www.solasonline.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl/SID=1328586717.21759/page=product-31.html?product=31

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

I love that, October 1932. So cool.

 

 

 

[senmurv76]

@chris: your Whittemore Sherrill chair will make an excellent cigar chair .. Im thinking of Montecristo No. 2 or Cohiba Piramides Millenium

 

[Mark Powell]

Your Whittemore Sherrill is truly beautiful. Bet it didn't come in a flat pack.

 

(My wife just spent £4000 on a sofa. I thought sofas cost £399)

 

[senmurv76]

Uou should be happy it was off by only 1 order of magnidute

 

[DigiPete]

(the Swan) by Arne Jacobsen 1958 - a Danish style icon:

 

 

 

 

 

It's a comfortable seat but without the extra versatility of the Peel

 

[Richard Dale]

+1 from me for the IKEA Poang chairs. I have three of them finished in beige leather. Two of them are acoustic absorbers disguised as chairs, positioned at the first points of reflection. The third one is used as a chair.

 

When I had a larger room I had a pair of Balans Gravity chairs:

 

 

I'm not sure about the 'angle of the ears' when fully reclined, but I think it is probably more important to be completely relaxed when listening to music, and the Balans certainly worked for that.

 

Both the IKEAs and the Balans have lightweight, flexible open structures made of plywood. Maybe there is a school of audio thought that thinks heavy weight sofas are better.

 

[RankStranger]

I too have dreams about an Eames, to the point where I refuse to sit in one until I can afford to own it (although after alfamatt's comments, maybe I should rethink that stragedy)

 

I sit on the couch in the family room which is the wrong height for my too-low speaker stands so I slouch down and often doze off when I'm listening at night. The back isn't high but I've got the kitchen bench directly behind me so it doesn't matter anyway.

 

Ultimately I want to use my granddad's armchair which I rescued when the family was dumping his stuff. It is the most comfortable thing I have ever sat in but unfortunately it's hideously ugly and my wife refuses to let it in the house. I think if you saw the colour of it you would side with her but jeez, I listen with my eyes closed anyway!

 

For the time being it sits on the front porch, perfect for wittlin' or cleanin' mah gun (of course, I do neither of these so it just doesn't get used) but one day I'll get it re-upholstered in a less eye-wateringly repulsive fabric and my bum will sing!

 

RS

 

[Steen]

...and a one...and a zero......and a rolling stone.., don't Rock my Bone...

 

NB. Visit attachment below:

"Gregorian Chair" (Mid. Ages): Anonymous french painter.

 

HH Dalai Lama: -"99% of all judgements are projections.."

Layman: -"Wow, that's nearly 100% bit-imperfect ! What's bit-perfect then ?"

HH Dalai Lama: -"Stating the Obvious !"

 

Disciple: -"I see."

HH Dalai Lama:-"Well, it's like this: Nothing can ever be done or played back exactly the same twice, much less thrice..Matter is impermanent - as are thoughts - always on the move, everything is energy. BTW, bit-perfect not only saves You from endless discussions (though it may be Your Spice), but from a symbolic point of view; the Ones "stating the obvious" are Those that "shall inherit the Earth."

 

In unison:

Layman: -"GOTCHA !"

Disciple: -"I see..."

HH Dalai Lama: -"You might think You have or You do,...experience though tells me ...........

 

Disciple (whispering to the layman): -"Is that "Paranoid" they're playing on the other side?"

Layman (angrilly): -"Well, it certainly ain't "Paranoiaque Critique" by Dali ! (The spanish painter not the danish loudspeaker).

 

HH Dalai Lama: -"...........otherwise. My statement is based on pure logic; to arrive at this obviously simple conclusion one basically needs an Esoteric Rig; depth, silence, meditation...not a Rick Veda.... Remember: "Thou shallt sit cross-legged", and please;.. no mirroring when adjusting the azimuth ! Remember also: Too much comfort dulls the senses and is the root of all Evil..."

 

 

Walk..Inn...Meditation...

Disciple: -"You just can't help it can You ?"

HH Dalai Lama (chuckling like only Lamas do): -"No, it's all this CCCPc (Chinese Copy Cat Personal computing), even Kant and Rousseau would be out of their depths on this One, and I can help You !"....(murmuring under his breath)...."Here comes the Taxman".........(stepping aside)..........."Mind the Gap !"..........

 

 

[Julf]

You used to get them cheap at dot-com bankruptcy auctions...